Re: [task #5490] syslog

[Constantine Kousoulos]

olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net wrote:
 > Normal programs contact syslog using normal POSIX mechanisms. The
> low-level Hurd servers however work below the POSIX environment -- they
> are responsible for *implementing* these mechanisms.
>
> You need to find a way for syslog to get information from the low-level
> servers directly. I can think of various ways to do it; but it's not as
> trivial as you seem to believe.

That was the answer i wanted to trigger. If syslogd was working so 
well, there would already be entries of it in the Hurd servers.

Can you please elaborate which servers you characterise as 
"low-level"? Since all Hurd servers lie in user space, it seems 
contradictory to use the term low-level.

Thanks,
Constantine